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单词 coloured
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Example sentences from the Web for coloured

coloured

/ (ˈkʌləd) /

adjective

possessing colour
having a strong element of fiction or fantasy; distorted (esp in the phrase highly coloured)

Words nearby coloured

colour bar, colour-blind, colour code, colour commentator, colour contrast, coloured, colourfast, colour filter, colourful, colour guard, colour index

British Dictionary definitions for coloured (2 of 2)

Coloured
/ (ˈkʌləd) /

noun plural Coloureds or Coloured

old-fashioned, offensive an individual who is not a White person, esp a Black person
Southern African
  1. a person of mixed ethnic parentage or descent
  2. a person of mixed ethnic descent speaking English or Afrikaans as their mother tongue

adjective

old-fashioned, offensive designating or relating to a Coloured person or Coloured people

usage for Coloured

The use of Coloured to refer to a person of mixed ethnic origin is likely to cause offence and should be avoided
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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